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L. A. BROWN.

BASKET. No. 378,492. Patented Feb. 28, 18818.

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LEWIS A. BROWN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,492, lated February28, 1888.

Application filed August 9, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS A. BROWN, of St. Louis, Missouri,have made anew and useful Improvement in Baskets, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This improvement is adapted more especially to Waste-baskets,aud thatform of basket is employed to illustrate it; but I desire not to berestricted thereto, as the improvement can be embodied in other forms ofbaskets.

The improved basket relates to that class which can be transported in aknoekdown form; and the particular feature of the construction Willappear in the following description, and be noted in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, making part ofthis speciiication, Figure lis aView in perspective showing the basket-Wall, the locking-strip beingpartly inserted. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the basket. Fig. 3 is aView in perspective of the bot-toni ring ot' the basket. Fig. 4 is aview in perspective ot' the disk which forms the baskct-botto1n, andFig. 5 is a view in perspective of the top ring inverted.

The saine letters of reference denote the same parts.

The various views are drawn to different scales.

A. represents the Wall of the basket. It consists of a series of slats,a, in length equal, or thereabout,to the heightof the basket, and wiredtogether by means of the ties c', and so that the Wall can be opened outiiat,as shown in Fig. 7, orbent into the forni shown in Figs. l, 2, 6,in which the ends a a2 ofthe series of slats are united to form theWall, the means of uniting being a slat, a3, Fig. l, inserted in theloops c" of the ties c', substantially as shown.

Serial No. 246.491. (No model.)

The Wall is inserted in the bottom ring,'B, Figs. 2, 3, 6, its lower endresting upon the liorizon- 4o tal ilange b and fitting Within theupright iiange b of the ring. The disk O, Figs. 2, 4, 6, is placedWithin the wall and upon the inner portion of the ring-dange b, and thebottom is completed by means ofthe nails D, Figs. 2, 6, which are driventhrough the ring iiange b and slats c and into the disk C. The basket isfinished by attaching the top ring, E, Figs. 2, 5, said ringbeinggrooved at e, to enable it to be passed downward onto the 'upperend of the basketwall, and the top ring is secured in place by means ofnails F,passing through the ring and slats a, as shown in Fig. 2. Thetop ring may be re-enforeed with the hoop G,Fig. 2.

In practice the Wall is developed as in Fig. 7, and the bottom ring,disk, and top ring laid thereo1i,inaking a thin, dat, compact package,easily shipped to the lretaileror user, to be by him set up in themanner shown and described. The disk O serves to Wedge the slats cagainst the ringtlange b, and the grooved' top ring, E, serves to holdthe Wall in form at the top. The basket maybe round, as shown, oval, orrectangular.

The bottom and top rings and the hoop are of Wood usually.

I claimm A basket-Wall composed of a series of slats Wired together, andhaving the ends ot` the series united by means of the slat passedthrough the loops ot' the ties, substantially as described.

LEWIS A. BROWN.

Witnesses:

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